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Intro: "US Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) will not run for office in Washington state and will end his Congressional career when his term ends in January."

Dennis Kucinich has announced he will not run for office and will end his Congressional career. (photo: MSNBC)
Dennis Kucinich has announced he will not run for office and will end his Congressional career. (photo: MSNBC)



Dennis Kucinich Is Leaving Congress

By Cate Woodruff, Reader Supported News

18 May 12

 

Reader Supported News | Report

.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) will not run for office in Washington State and will end his Congressional career when his term ends in January.

Kucinich lost his Ohio seat of 16 years in a primary election in March due to redistricting by the Republican-controlled state legislature following the 2010 state elections. The redistricting combined his and Rep. Marcy Kaptur's districts, pitting the two against each other.

Kucinich was encouraged recently to consider seeking office in Washington State, but now confirms that he will not pursue a congressional bid anywhere.

In a statement sent in an email Wednesday to supporters Kucinich writes, "After careful consideration and discussions with Elizabeth and my closest friends, I have decided that, at this time, I can best serve from outside the Congress. My commitments to peace, to workers' rights and to social and economic justice are constant and are not dependent upon holding an office. They are dependent upon my continuing to stand up, to speak out, to organize, to motivate and to inspire our nation as to its deeper potential. This I promise I will do with great energy and heart."

In Congress Kucinich stands out as a constant anti-war voice, challenging American wars and the erosion of civil liberties in the U.S.

"Please continue to encourage your friends and family to sign up at www.Kucinich.us because we will need to continue to work together for change outside Congress, as we have worked for it from within. This is just the beginning!" he writes.

Read his full statement:

Dear Friend,

I would like to thank you for your support, and thank the tens of thousands of concerned Citizens for Kucinich who in the past few months have written, emailed and called to discuss my running for Congress in Washington State.

At the end of this term I will have served sixteen years in the House of Representatives, leading the way for peace, to bring an end to the wars, for workers' rights, for health care for all, for monetary policy reform and to end the corrupting influence which money has on our political decision-making process. My staff and I have worked to deliver a level of constituent service to the people of Cleveland, which most agree is unmatched for results. As testimony to our efforts in the Cleveland area I received about 75% of the vote from my present constituents who were included in the newly redistricted area in which I ran in March.

Because of my love of public service, I have given a great deal of time and much thought to the advice and encouragement I have received from so many people of good will in Washington State. I certainly want to continue to be of service to our country and to the working men and women who have built it.

After careful consideration and discussions with Elizabeth and my closest friends, I have decided that, at this time, I can best serve from outside the Congress. My commitments to peace, to workers' rights and to social and economic justice are constant and are not dependent upon holding an office. They are dependent upon my continuing to stand up, to speak out, to organize, to motivate and to inspire our nation as to its deeper potential. This I promise I will do with great energy and heart.

I will complete my service in the U.S. House on January 2, 2013, with the same passion and devotion to duty with which I began it on January 3, 1997. And when I do, I shall think of you and all those who have given me encouragement to continue to be of service, and I will smile, knowing that we shall meet again in our celebration of the potential of citizen activists to change the world.

Please continue to encourage your friends and family to sign up at www.Kucinich.us because we will need to continue to work together for change outside Congress, as we have worked for it from within. This is just the beginning!

Sincerely,

Dennis


Cate is an artist, photographer and a Senior Editor with Reader Supported News.

Reader Supported News is the Publication of Origin for this work. Permission to republish is freely granted with credit and a link back to Reader Supported News.

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